"The PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM ISO/WAV/CUE Ripper!!

I got the idea for this program some time after working on my translation project for "Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys" and releasing the first patch. It was based on many factors, one of them being that a project member was planning on creating English dubs for the Japanese audio tracks used in the game. Now to replace those audio tracks with English replacements, one would need to rip their Ys IV disc in a special way. The required image format is what's referred to as ISO/WAV/CUE. In this format, unlike formats such as CDRWIN's BIN/CUE, Nero's NRG, or Alcohol 120%'s MDS, etc., every track file is ripped to a separate file when dealing with a mixed mode CD (which is what all PC Engine/TG-16 CDs are). This has many advantages, since audio tracks are ripped to wave files, they can individually be compressed by special audio compression programs to greatly reduce the storage space required.

So anyway, the purpose of this program is to rip/extract any PC Engine/TG-16 CD-ROM that you might have directly into an ISO/WAV/CUE image format. It will guarantee the same size of every track file across all CD-ROM devices because it will enforce the PRE/POST-GAP rules for transitions between track types, something even GoldenHawk's CDRWIN program will not do, nor any other professional software of that nature. I wanted a perfect extraction of every track so every ISO and WAV file will come out to be the same size on every machine out there. So eliminating size inconsistencies in ripping results is another reason why I felt this program needed to exist.

While this program is intended for use with PC Engine/TG-16 discs, it can also detect and rip MODE2/2352 discs such as CD-I/PlayStation ones. So it is a general purpose command-line ripping program for various discs. But here's the neat thing that makes it unique to PC Engine/TG-16 discs: This program is compiled with a TOC Database of all PC Engine/TG-16 discs, so when you insert an original PC Engine/TG-16 disc, it'll detect and verify its authenticity and use the default title stored within to name the track files. You'll see what I mean after you try the program and it correctly names the image based on the disc you inserted.

So, what else can TurboRip do for you? It can produce an ISO/MP3 image archive that is ready for use on Sony's PSP portable system with the PCEP emulator or even X-BOX's Hugo-X emulator. If you have an audio CD, you can just use the /mp3 parameter, set the bitrate and a few other controls, and it'll rip just audio tracks. It should be faster than anything commercial software has to offer for audio extraction to boot! I also added support for the Monkey's Audio codec for lossless image backups too. If the initial release of this application is well received by the community, I will add support for more audio codecs such as OGG, and possibly FLAC.

Well, good luck, and do lemme know how this program works out for you!

- NightWolve"